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Britannica 11th

Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition

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Archibald Campbell

Britannica 11th

ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, sth earl of Argyll (1530-' 573). was the elder son of Archibald, 4th earl of Argyll (d. 1558), and a grandson of Colin, the 3rd earl (d. 1530). His great-grandfather was the 2nd earl, Archibald, who was killed at Flodden in 1513, and this n ...

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Archibald Douglas

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ARCHIBALD DOUGLAS, 5th earl of Angus (c. MSO-C. 1514), the famous " Bell the Cat," was born about 1450 and succeeded his father, George the 4th earl, in 1462 or 1463. In 1481 he was made warden of the east marches, but the next year he joined the league agains ...

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GEORGE JOHN DOUGLAS CAMPBELL, 8th duke (1823-1900), the second son of the 7th duke, was born on the 3oth of April 1823, and succeeded his father in April 1847. He had already obtained notice as a writer of pamphlets on the disruption of the Church of Scotland, ...

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John Campbell

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JOHN CAMPBELL, 2nd duke of Argyll and duke of Greenwich (1678-1743), was born on the loth of October 1678. He entered the army in 1694, and in 1701 was promoted to the command of a regiment. On the death of his father in 1703, he was appointed a member of the ...

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Argyll. Earls And Dukes Of

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... . EARLS AND DUKES OF. The rise of this family of Scottish peers, originally the Campbells of Lochow, and first ennobled as Barons Campbell, is referred to in the article ARGYLLSHIRE. ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, sth earl of Argyll (1530-' 573). was the elder son of Arc ...

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Augusta

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... of Augusta were Loyalists. The town was taken by the British under Lieut.-Col. Archibald Campbell (1730-1791) in January 1779, but was evacuated a month later; it was the seat of government of Georgia for almost the entire period from the capture of Savannah ...

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United States

Britannica 11th

... hrough the press by Thomas Pownall, Henry McCulloh, Francis Bernard and Dr John Campbell. French methods were praised and HISTORY 1763-1776] the shortcomings of the surviving chartered colonies were again emphasized. This all required additional revenue, as we ...

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Angus, Earls of

Britannica 11th

... oner at Homildon Hill and died in England. The 5th earl was his great-grandson. ARCHIBALD DOUGLAS, 5th earl of Angus (c. MSO-C. 1514), the famous " Bell the Cat," was born about 1450 and succeeded his father, George the 4th earl, in 1462 or 1463. In 1481 he wa ...

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Animal Worship

Britannica 11th

... d, see N. W. Thomas in Hastings' Dictionary of Religions; Frazer, Golden Bough; Campbell's Spirit Basis of Belief and Custom; Maclennan's Studies (series 2) ; V. Gennep, Tabou et totemisme d Madagascar. For the serpent, see Ellis, Ewe-speaking Peoples, p. 54; ...

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Animism

Britannica 11th

... iv. xiii., Suppl.; Andrew Lang, Making of Religion; Slceat, Malay Magic; Sir G. Campbell, "Spirit Basis of Belief and Custom," in Indian Antiquary, xxiii. and succeeding volumes: Folklore, iii. 289. xi. l6a; Spencer. Principles of Sociology; Mind (1877), 141. ...

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Antrim. Randal Macdonnell

Britannica 11th

... parliament. He made an important agreement in 1635 for the purchase from James Campbell, Lord Cantire, of the lordship of Cantire, or Kintyre, of which the MacDonnells had been dispossessed in 1600 by Argyll; but his possession was successfully opposed by Lor ...

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Apollonius Of Tyana

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... ork, 1905); O. de B. Priaulx, The Indian Travels of Apollonius (1873); F. W. G. Campbell, Apoll. of Tyana (1908); see also NEO-PYTHAGOREANISM.

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Argyllshire

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... och Etive; Lome, surrounding Loch Etive and giving the title of marquess to the Campbells; Argyll, in the middle of the shire, containing Inveraray Castle and furnishing the titles of earl and duke to the Campbells; Cowall, between Loch Fyne and the Firth of C ...

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Armstrong

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ARMSTRONG, ARCHIBALD (d. 1672), court jester, called " Archy," was a native of Scotland or of Cumberland, and according to tradition first distinguished himself as a sheepstealer; afterwards he entered the service of James VI., with whom he became a favourite. ...

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Arnobius

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... e Vienna Corpus Script. Eccles. Lot. (1875). TRANSLATIONS. — A. H. Bryce and H. Campbell in Ante-Nicene Fathers, vi. LITERATURE. — H. C. G. Motile in Diet. Chr. Biog. i.; HerzogHauck, Realencyklopadie; and G. Kruger, Early Chr. Lit. p. 304 (where full bibliogr ...

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Astronomy

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... ot differ much from izj m. a second, the rate assigned to it by Professor W. W. Campbell in 1902. He employed in his discussion the radial velocities of 280 stars, spectroscopically determined; and the upshot signally exemplified the community of interests bet ...

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Atholl, Earls and Dukes of

Britannica 11th

... of Atholl (1631-1703), son of the ist earl and of Jean, daughter of Sir Duncan Campbell of Glenorchy, was born on the 2nd of May 1631. In 1650 he joined in the unsuccessful attempt to liberate Charles II. from the Covenanters, and in 1653 was the chief suppor ...

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Auchterarder

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... ed in 1645 by the marquis of Argyll in retaliation for the destruction of Cutlc Campbell in Dollar Glen on the tout • he Ochfl*. The old ruiiird autleof Tullihardine, 2 m. west of the burgh, once .rd to the Murray* of Tullibardine, ancestors of th<- duke .•.II ...

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Europe

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... e of the powers. The cry for disarmament, encouraged by the action of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman's government, suddenly died down in England; and the agitation in favour of an increased ship-building programme, that followed the revelation by the first lord ...

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Texas

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... the Democratic state platform, but the hostility of the legislature to Governor Campbell, who favoured the amendment, secured its defeat. Both husband and wife retain their separate title to the property which each owned before marriage and to that acquired af ...

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Theology

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... that in forgiving sin God " bore cost, as even a good man must do. John M'Lepd Campbell — with a strong desire for unity in thought, " the simplicity that is in Christ —caught most attention by the suggestion of a vicarious repentance in Jesus Christ. With R. ...

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Tyrtaeus

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... 8). The fragment beginning 'VfSvaiifvat yap naXbv has been translated by Thomas Campbell, the poet. The edition by C. A. Klotz (1827) contains a dissertation on the war-songs of different countries.

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